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Michigan City, IN  (MCYI3)  41° 43´ 43" N,   86° 54´ 45" W

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Conditions at 3:06 pm CDT on 05/13/2026 (DOY 133 20:06 GMT)
(Updated every 15 minutes)
Wind Speed:   16.1 kts   (8.3 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   17.1 kts   (8.8 m/s)
Wind Direction:   22° (NNE)
Air Temperature:   45.5 °F   (7.5 °C)
Dew Point:   41.0 °F   (5.0 °C)
Relative Humidity:   84.1 %
PAR:   1312 uEinst/m2/sec
Station Pressure:   29.335 in Hg.   (993.4 mb)
Sea Level Pressure:   30.035 in Hg.   (1017.1 mb)
Data & Plots of Previous 3 Hours (2 minute increments)
Data & Plots of Previous 5 Days (hourly increments)
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in winter at 8:33a, 12:33p, 2:33p, and 4:33p CST)

[Live Webcam Image from Michigan City, IN Met Station Camera 1]

[Live Webcam Image from Michigan City, IN Met Station Camera 2]

[Live Webcam Image from Michigan City, IN Met Station Camera 3]

12-hr animations:  1  2  3
Previous 48 images:  1  2  3
All Images (past 10 days)

Nearby Webcam (external site):
Michigan City, IN courtesy of WeatherBug.com

-------------- Previous 18 Hours (at top of hour)  [English] [Metric] --------------
YEARDOY CDT Wind
Spd
kts
Wind
Gust
kts
Peak
Wind
kts
Wind
Dir
deg
Air
Tmp
F
Dew
Pt
F
Rel
Hum
%
Sta
Press
in
PAR
uE/
m2/s
20261331500 16.7 20.0 20.0 016 45.5 41.1 84.3 29.341325
20261331400 18.1 20.6 21.6 023 44.4 41.7 90.2 29.331640
20261331300 19.8 22.7 23.7 016 43.9 42.2 93.6 29.321640
20261331200 20.4 21.4 23.7 015 44.1 43.5 98.0 29.311640
20261331100 20.6 22.4 26.6 012 44.8 44.8 100.0 29.30 882
20261331000 20.0 22.4 29.2 003 45.3 45.3 100.0 29.26 656
20261330900 17.3 20.2 24.9 009 45.5 45.5 100.0 29.25 349
20261330800 16.3 18.9 20.4 010 46.8 46.8 100.0 29.23 328
20261330700 16.1 18.5 21.4 356 48.2 48.2 100.0 29.20 27
20261330600 13.6 15.2 18.3 359 50.7 50.3 98.6 29.17 0
20261330500 8.2 9.5 15.7 354 50.9 50.9 100.0 29.15 0
20261330400 3.9 4.5 10.3 003 51.6 51.6 99.9 29.13 0
20261330300 3.7 5.1 5.4 011 52.3 52.3 100.0 29.13 0
20261330200 8.7 9.5 10.7 353 52.9 51.0 93.1 29.13 0
20261330100 13.6 14.4 14.8 344 55.8 48.4 76.0 29.12 0
20261330000 20.0 21.8 29.0 221 64.2 52.7 65.7 29.07 0
20261322300 20.0 25.5 29.7 192 63.3 53.9 71.1 29.07 0
20261322200 22.9 28.0 28.4 199 65.5 52.8 63.2 29.08 0
Note: Peak wind is max wind gust during entire hour

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The NDBC station ID for this station is: MCYI3
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